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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

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RESOLUTE Citizen Score

45 / 100 F

Raw: 39 of 86 dynamic max · 43 of 50 answered · -35 foreign-influence adjustment

Last verified: 2026-06-02 · from claim evidence

✝ God First 52/ 60

🇺🇸 America First 22/ 40

National Rank

#4,369 of 8,776 · top 49.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer

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Church Affiliationverified

Houston's First Baptist Church

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) · 7401 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77024 · Regular Attender · 2008-present

Evidence: https://usmcmin.org/directory-politicians.html

Cross-referenced from the USMC Ministries church directory — see the Nationwide Church Directory for the full 10-point theological scorecard on this church.

Score adjustments

Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.

For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.

Full methodology, bracket schedules, and primary sources →

Base score 74/100 → Adjusted 39/100

AIPAC / pro-Israel-lobby contributions-35
$1,411,545 documented · bracket 1m_to_3m
TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $1,411,545 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.
AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
Sources: www.trackaipac.com/states/texas · www.opensecrets.org/search?q=ted+cruz&type=donors

Contact This Official

Call202-224-5922 Send MessageOfficial Page X / Twitter@tedcruz Facebook/SenatorTedCruz YouTubeChannel

📍 Local district offices (6)

Austin, TX · 512-916-5834 · 300 E 8th, Suite 961 78701

Dallas, TX · 214-599-8749 · 3626 N. Hall St., Suite 410, Lee Park Tower II 75219

Houston, TX · 713-718-3057 · 1919 Smith St., Suite 9047, The Mickey Leland Federal Building 77002

McAllen, TX · 956-686-7339 · 200 S. 10th St., Suite 1603 78501

San Antonio, TX · 210-340-2885 · 9901 Ih-10w, Suite 950 78230

Tyler, TX · 903-593-5130 · 305 S. Broadway, Suite 501 75702

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Next Election

November 5, 2030

General · Not up at next scheduled election

— until

Registration deadline: 2026-10-05

Early voting: 2026-10-19 – 2026-10-30

Elections office: (512) 463-5650

Voter status: Check registration

State elections site: Texas Secretary of State — Elections Division

Official Profile

Religion: Southern Baptist (Houston's First Baptist Church)

Education: B.A. Public Policy, Princeton University (1992); J.D., Harvard Law School (1995, magna cum laude)

Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (raised in Houston, TX)

Background: Former Texas Solicitor General and appellate attorney. Clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist. 2016 presidential candidate. In Senate since 2013.

X / Twitter: @tedcruz

Campaign Website: https://www.tedcruz.org

Junior Senator since 2013. First Hispanic senator from TX. 2016 presidential candidate. Heritage Action lifetime score ~97%. ACU lifetime 97%. FRC Action 100%. NRA A+ rated. Led filibuster against Obamacare. Strong constitutionalist. Argued 9 cases before US Supreme Court as TX Solicitor General. Father Rafael is a pastor.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

10/10

Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception

TRUE (+2)

1 claim

Holds an A+ rating from SBA Pro-Life America and has a 100% pro-life voting record in the Senate. Cosponsored the Life at Conception Act and has voted against every pro-abortion bill, affirming personhood from the moment of fertilization.
- SBA Pro-Life AmericaRight Advocacy
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim

Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing

TRUE (+2)

Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding

TRUE (+2)

Biblical Marriage

10/10

Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law

TRUE (+2)

Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships

TRUE (+2)

Family & Child Sovereignty

10/10

Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples

TRUE (+2)

Christian Liberty

8/10

Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions

Not yet verified

Economic Stewardship

6/10

Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve

Not yet verified

Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures

Not yet verified

Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels

TRUE (+2)

Election Integrity

8/10

Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference

TRUE (+2)

Border & Immigration

10/10

Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence

TRUE (+2)

1 claim

A hard-line border hawk who has introduced multiple Build the Wall bills, demanded military deployment to the southern border, and in February 2024 voted against the bipartisan border deal as far too weak — insisting on mandatory removal, physical wall completion, and an end to catch-and-release.
- BallotpediaCenter
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim

Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland

TRUE (+2)

Self-Defense & 2A

10/10 ✉️ Petition your reps

Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements

TRUE (+2)^[1,2]

Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries

TRUE (+2)^[1,2]

1 claim

Holds an A+ rating from the NRA and has been one of the Senate's most vocal opponents of gun-control proposals: led floor opposition to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, co-sponsored the Respect for the Second Amendment Act (S.840, 118th Congress), and publicly called colleagues who support red-flag laws and assault-weapons bans 'squishes' on the Second Amendment.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- Congress.govOfficial
Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim

Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations

TRUE (+2)^[1,2]

Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense

TRUE (+2)^[1,2]

Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation

TRUE (+2)^[1,2]

Foreign Policy Restraint

0/10

Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians

FALSE (0)

Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance

FALSE (0)

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

2/10

Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent

Not yet verified

Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability

Not yet verified

Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels

Not yet verified

Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments

Not yet verified

Sources & Evidence

5 Right2 Official

Official Senate PageOfficial

Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy

sbaprolife.org/senator/ted-cruzRight Advocacy

www.tedcruz.org/defending-life/Right Advocacy

www.tedcruz.org/reforming-immigration-and-improving-...Right Advocacy

Official Senate PageOfficial

Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy

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